Weekend Roundup: Best Of Edition

by Sarah Morgan on November 16, 2008

I don’t know if it’s been the best week ever or anything, but it is good to realize that you never do stop growing up, do you.

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Before we get into the links, if you want to play Akoha, email me.

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Three of my favorite old posts. Based on nothing more than my own whims.

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Christmas is my favorite time of the year. And it’s just 39 days away. Are you ready?

  • Catalog Choice - Save the environment, save money not impulse shopping, and save having to carry a stack of mail in every day. Opt out of mailings for thousands of different catalogs in one place.
  • Amazon Prime - I haven’t needed a mall for Christmas shopping in years. $20 apiece for four people to get a year of two-day shipping. Seriously one of the greatest miracles the Internet has to offer.
  • Amazon Universal Wish List - Especially now that you can add anything anywhere to your list.
  • Etsy - It’s like the coolest boutique in the world, but bigger. Cooler. And all handmade.
  • Black Friday Ads - If you’re a better shopper than me, you’ll find these useful.

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Oh, and also? This is the best thing ever. I do not exaggerate.

Hamster on a Piano.

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Weekly Roundup: Obsess Much?

by Sarah Morgan on November 16, 2008

Thing One. Why discovering your obsession can lead to your greatness on Zen Habits.

Thing Two. Doing what you love can lead to more than just happiness on Gary Vaynerchuk.

Thing Three. In related news, I am the No. 1 Twitter Elite in my state .

Thing Four. The lovely and talented Kerrin, who you may remember was the inspiration for the just-now-turning-two-years-old Weekly Roundups in the first place, requires some extra-special Roundups for a while. So I’m kicking that off today with a double dose.

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Hops and Drems

by Sarah Morgan on November 12, 2008

Sometimes I feel bad for quoting from Patti so much. But if it’s the best there is - and it is - y’all deserve the best, right? So, then. Recently she wrote about a bit of poetry written by her daughter. I’ll let you read it …

…and now you’ll see why it’s been in my head.

My heart needs hopes and dreams.

I don’t think there’s anything much truer than that.

As a general temperament, I tend to be happy, but also with life in particular, because, well, I’m lucky - blessed, fortunate - whatever word you like.

But that’s not enough. At least, that’s not the end of the story. I don’t mean that it’s not important to be happy, to pay attention to all the beautiful moments in the day. If you don’t do that, you’re missing the point of life, I think. But if that was all , we really might as well be house cats. You can’t just sit in a patch of sun all day. There has to be a goal line - and not just one but lots of them.

People say life is a journey, but it’s more than that. It’s a journey to a destination, and really it’s more like an ongoing round-the-world trip, with one destination after another. Or at least that’s what I want. I don’t ever want to stop figuring out what my hops and drems are, figuring out how to win them, finding more.

Thank you, small Tess, for making me think about such important things today.

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